Bojanala Platinum District Municipality




District municipality in North West, South Africa



























































































Bojanala Platinum
District municipality

Official seal of Bojanala Platinum
Seal

Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa

Country South Africa
Province North West
Seat Rustenburg
Local municipalities

List


  • Moretele

  • Madibeng

  • Rustenburg

  • Kgetlengrivier

  • Moses Kotane
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Lj Diremelo
Area
 • Total 18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,507,505
 • Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African
 91.4%
 • Coloured
 0.7%
 • Indian/Asian
 0.6%
 • White
 7.0%

First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana
 55.3%
 • Tsonga
 8.1%
 • Afrikaans
 7.2%
 • Xhosa
 5.6%
 • Other
 23.8%
Time zone
UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code DC37

Bojanala Platinum is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Bojanala Platinum is Rustenburg. The majority of its 1,507,505 people speak Setswana (2011 Census). The district code is DC37.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


    • 1.1 Neighbours


    • 1.2 Local municipalities




  • 2 Demographics


    • 2.1 Gender


    • 2.2 Ethnic group


    • 2.3 Age




  • 3 Politics


    • 3.1 Election results




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Geography



Neighbours


Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:




  • Waterberg (DC36) to the north


  • Tshwane (Pretoria) to the east


  • West Rand (CBDC8) to the south-east


  • Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south


  • Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the west



Local municipalities


The district contains the following local municipalities:







































Local municipality
 Population
 %
 Dominant language
Rustenburg 549 575 36.46%
Tswana
Madibeng 447,381 29.68% Tswana
Moses Kotane 242,554 16.09% Tswana
Moretele 186,947 12.40% Tswana
Kgetlengrivier 51,049 3.39% Tswana


Demographics


The following statistics are from the 2011 census.




































































Language
 Population
 %
Setswana 818,050 55.34%
Xitsonga 119,090 8.06%
Afrikaans 106,561 7.21%
IsiXhosa 82,701 5.59%
Sepedi 75,539 5.11%
Sesotho 67,458 4.56%
English 57,187 3.87%
IsiZulu 54,661 3.70%
Other 39,869 2.70%
IsiNdebele 26,481 1.79%
Tshivenda 14,329 0.97%
SiSwati 9,632 0.65%


Gender


















Gender
 Population
 %
Male 794,529 52.70%
Female 712,977 47.30%


Ethnic group




























Ethnic group
 Population
 %
Black African 1,093,177 92.23%
White 82,045 6.92%
Coloured 6,360 0.54%
Indian/Asian 3,743 0.32%


Age

















































































































Age
 Population
 %
000 - 004 108,805 9.18%
005 - 009 113,058 9.54%
010 - 014 121,707 10.27%
015 - 019 115,306 9.73%
020 - 024 110,477 9.32%
025 - 029 111,264 9.39%
030 - 034 98,631 8.32%
035 - 039 93,814 7.91%
040 - 044 81,984 6.92%
045 - 049 62,264 5.25%
050 - 054 44,466 3.75%
055 - 059 34,288 2.89%
060 - 064 27,783 2.34%
065 - 069 21,309 1.80%
070 - 074 16,438 1.39%
075 - 079 10,575 0.89%
080 - 084 7,800 0.66%
085 - 089 3,115 0.26%
090 - 094 1,424 0.12%
095 - 099 614 0.05%
100 plus 203 0.02%


Politics



Election results


Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.



  • Population 18 and over: 772,262 [65.15% of total population]

  • Total votes: 445,856 [37.61% of total population]

  • Voting % estimate: 57.73% votes as a % of population 18 and over






















































































































Party
 Votes
 %
African National Congress 372,834 83.62%
Democratic Alliance 25,214 5.66%
United Christian Democratic Party 20,370 4.57%
United Democratic Movement 7,472 1.68%
African Christian Democratic Party 5,085 1.14%
Freedom Front Plus 4,022 0.90%
Pan African Congress 2,964 0.66%
New National Party 1,597 0.36%
Independent Democrats 1,426 0.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1,384 0.31%
Azanian People's Organisation 996 0.22%
NA 477 0.11%
SOPA 424 0.10%
EMSA 346 0.08%
CDP 293 0.07%
UF 268 0.06%
PJC 190 0.04%
TOP 187 0.04%
KISS 122 0.03%
Minority Front 100 0.02%
NLP 85 0.02%
Total 445,856 100.00%


References





  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.


  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.




External links


  • Bojanala Platinum DM Official Website


Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250







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